1. LOOKS LIKE
1.1. Short
1.1.1. "'You look right puny for goin' on seven.' 'I'm little but I'm old,'" - Page 13
1.1.1.1. When Scout and Jem first meet Dill, Jem observes that Dill is quite small for his age.
1.2. Blond Hair
1.2.1. "His hair was snowy white and stuck behind his head like duck fluff." - Page 13
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1.3. Quality
1.3.1. "As he told us the old tale his blue eyes would lighten and darken; his laugh was sudden and happy; he habitually pulled at a cowlick in the centre of his forehead." - Page 13
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2. BELIEFS & VALUES
2.1. Value
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2.2. Value
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2.3. Belief
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3. HOW OTHERS SEE HIM OR HER...
3.1. Arrogant
3.1.1. "'I'm Charles Baker Harris,' he said. 'I can read.'" - Page 13
3.1.1.1. When Dill introduces himself, he immediately starts gloating to the other children that he can read.
3.2. Sensitive
3.2.1. "For some reason Dilll had started crying and couldn't stop; quietly at first, then his sobs were heard by several people in the balcony." - Page 202
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3.3. Quality
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4. ACTS LIKE
4.1. Imaginative
4.1.1. "Dill Harris could tell the biggest ones I ever heard. Among other things, he had been up in a mail place seventeen times, he had been to Nova Scotia he had seen an elephant, and his granddaddy was Brigadier General Joe Wheeler and left him his sword." - Page 53
4.1.1.1. Dill is a very imaginative child and he makes up lots of stories and lies about his life. All the stories he makes up are very extravagant and he also makes up games with Scout and Jem which displays his imagination.
4.2. Quality
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4.3. Quality
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5. MOTIVATED BY
5.1. Curiosity
5.1.1. "It was then that Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out. The Radley place fascinated Dill." - Page 14
5.1.1.1. Dill is very curious about Boo Radley and the Radley place. However, his curiosity often gets the better of him and causes himself and his friends to get in trouble.
5.2. Insecurity
5.2.1. "'Like you daddy's?' 'He ain't got a beard, he –' Dill stopped, as if trying to remember. ' Uh huh, caughtcha,' I said. 'You said 'fore you were off the train good your daddy had a black beard –' 'If it's all the same to you he shaves it off last summer! Yeah, an' I've got the letter to prove it –he sent me two dollars, too!'" - Page 53
5.2.1.1. When confronted about his father, Dill is very defensive and he tends to make up lies about him to try and impress Scout and Jem because he is insecure about the topic of his absent father.
5.3. Emotion
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6. TEXTUAL ISSUES OR CONCERNS LINKED TO THIS CHARACTER
6.1. Childhood Innocence
6.1.1. "'Because you're children and you can understand it,' he said, ' and because I heard that one–' He jerked his head at Dill: 'Things haven't caught up with that one's instinct yet. Let him get a little older and he won't get sick and cry. Maybe things'll strike him as being – not quite right, say, but he won't cry, not when he gets a few years on him.' - Page 205
6.1.1.1. During Tom Robinson's trial, Dill has to leave because he starts crying. Mr Dolphus Raymond explains to Scout and Dill why Dill is more affected by the trial than most other people in Maycomb.
6.2. Concern
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6.3. Concern
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6.4. Concern
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